Edith Cowan University
ECU and Ausdance WA formalises new partnership
ECU and Ausdance WA have signed an MoU that could strengthen dance education and workforce development across the state.
Neha Attre
Edith Cowan University
ECU and Outdoors WA team up to bolster outdoor education
Two major industry players in outdoor education have celebrated the launch of a new partnership. The collaboration will enhance capacity to grow and offer opportunities for outdoor learning across the State.
Charles Darwin University
DNA library project marks new chapter for NT biodiversity monitoring
A library of aquatic DNA sounds like it’s been lifted from the pages of a sci-fi novel – but this new and very real database will support future biodiversity monitoring in the Northern Territory.
Curtin University
Nationally defined framework to recognise Culturally Significant Entities
A national research project has delivered a framework for how species and ecosystems of deep cultural importance to Indigenous Australians can be recognised in environmental policy and conservation.
The University of Western Australia
In a world of AI text, speech still reigns supreme
I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.
Griffith University
Liquid gold: research highlights potential – and risks – of turning human urine into sustainable fertiliser
A new research review led by Griffith University suggests using human urine as a fertiliser could significantly boost sustainable agriculture – but key health risks and knowledge gaps must be addressed before it could be widely adopted.
The University of Western Australia
How AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge
Much of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) and Indigenous peoples focuses on harms, such as cultural appropriation, cultural flattening and digital exclusion. These risks are real.
Curtin University
Curtin study reveals rapid shift in public trust towards AI ‘chatbot therapists’
Public attitudes toward ‘chatbot therapists’ shifted dramatically during the rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2023, according to a new Curtin University study, that is now behind the redevelopment of a safer, wellbeing chatbot called Monti.
Adelaide University
Can AI help wheat survive the heat?
As global temperatures rise, the challenge of producing enough food to meet future demand is becoming increasingly urgent.
University of the Sunshine Coast
‘The coming of the knowledge-holders’: UniSC welcomes new graduation music
Graduation ceremonies are getting a musical makeover at the University of the Sunshine Coast, in time for September’s spring graduation season.
Adelaide University
Teaching machines to hear what the ear already knows
In aged care, disability support, and allied health settings, the ability to communicate clearly and be understood shapes the quality of care delivered and the experience of the people receiving it.
University of the Sunshine Coast
Bee glue to take ‘sting’ out of skin scars
A natural compound made by Australian bees to seal their hives may help stop scarring in human skin after surgery, injury and burns, according to University of the Sunshine Coast researchers.